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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



© Underwood and Underwood 



RAW SUGAR FROM CUBA BEIN'G TRANSFERRED FROM SHIP TO LIGHTER IN NEW YORK 

 HARBOR ON ITS WAY TO A REFINERY IN JERSEY CITY 



A fleet of sugar ships — one for each mile that stretches between Havana and New 

 York, and each carrying upward of eight million pounds of sugar — would be required to 

 move Cuba's present crop i see text, page i). 



