Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-17 | Page 4 | Interest Taken in the Arsenal

I uo I INT6REST TAKEN IN THE ARSENAL. ; Congressman Colton, who was in Og den on Sunday, gave part of his time j while here to a study of the Ogden arsenal in order that he may be in position to aid in a legislative way I the growth of this government undor- taking. 1 Our now congressman is starting out In the right manner to be of great service to his constituents B learn ing the merits and needs of the- ar 'nenal, he will be equipped to obtain' for this inner line of defense of the Pacific coast the money necessary to working out the plans of the army. However meritorious a government i project, there must he constant hip Iport gien in a legislative way, "r t he j 1 approprtat Ions will fall, owing to ihe Intense rivalry in the obtaining of funds for the different government works Many cities, having federal activities activi-ties sustained b congressional appro jpriationK. have representatives in Washington devoting the It entire time Mo safeguarding their Interests Within the past month the sum of $475,000 for the i gden arsenal has 1 i been eliminated from one of the appropriation ap-propriation bills to meet the demand for economy. If It Is neecssary for the 1'nlted States to profit by the lessons of the war in the matter of preparedness and proceed to properly protect the Pacific Pa-cific coast, and if the Ogden arsenal is an essential part of that prepared ness, then it is false economy to fail to gh e to the arsenal the funds necessary nec-essary to complete the work of defense