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Show JAPANESEUNLOAD ILK WHEAT IN f ; BASKETS ..New Method-1 More Eco-" Eco-" nmical Than Former Prac-IT-tice of Shipping in Sacks 1 1 1 tAnCOCVER, li. Aug. 4 R-, R-, cent first shipments of wheat In bulk to Japan, It la said, will result In areAiiy lncraaaed exports to that country. " Wheat always his been shipped to 1'jspan In sacks. This has been dua H.ta tha fact that Japan has no eleva-- eleva-- ors In which to a tore grain In hulk. Hecently 17S.OO0 buahela wera sent across tha Farlflc In bulk on tha Melwu Mam. It waa an Industrial rx pertinent. Tha cargo waa carried aahora by coolies In great baskets balanced on rheir hen da. Th1snew method f unloading proved" so ecn-' pom lea) that Japanese Importers, according ac-cording -to tha Canadian trade commissioner com-missioner In Japan, have derided to adopt thi mode of discharging grain cargoea In tha future.. Japan, It Is aid, has ordered heavy .shipments of wheat tn bulk to he sent over this w.Xa-1 after harvest. - j Increase In e ports to Japan, It la j "minted out, will help to build Van-,couvers Van-,couvers prestige as a grain export -.ins port. Tha opening of the Panama e.awnal has turned a steady atrenm of export wheat on Its way to Kurope through Vancouver, which la an all-year all-year port owing to tha equable climate cli-mate of British Columbia. Mora than T.Ooo.OOO bushels of last .years crop have been shipped through this port between October 1, and June a. Theea exports were about evenly divided between Japan and Great ..BrHaln. Prospects of heavier shipments this season. It la aald, will hava tha ef- fac of attracting many mora shins h-re forcars;oes and grn and. other , .business men gra urging iha, Cina--dlaQ government to Increase storage ""rapacity hers by building new eleva- |