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In our minds, quite likely, we pic- 

 ture these islands as being smaller 

 than they really are. 



Cuba, for example, if laid down 

 on the United States with its eastern 

 end at New York City, would extend 

 almost to Cincinnati. It varies in 

 width from twenty-two to 160 miles. 

 Its area is almost the same as that 

 of England; or to bring the com- 

 parison nearer home, Cuba is larger 

 than Indiana, Pennsylvania, or Ohio 

 not quite so large as New York, 

 Illinois, or Wisconsin. It is con- 

 siderably larger than the combined 

 areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island, 

 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 

 Vermont. 



In population it is about the same 

 as California, Indiana, Iowa, or Wis- 

 consin. 



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A glance at the figures showing 

 Cuba's present importance in the 



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