Va.. thepxports absurd. England. France. Germany. Russia. or Japan would pay ten times om the portsdoftNorfolk and Ports Va.9 te to as much to occupy our position in the Philippine Islands. Lying as they from the United States to the Philippines in 189 amounted to along the Asiatic coast. theyare the gateway to the Orient. The people of $70.336. and in 1900 the exports amounted to $118.173. showing an the South are vitally interested in the trade of China. So far we have touched increase of $47.837 within a period of one year from this South one of the provinces.