| DOCUMENT        NUMBER: | 11 |
|--------------------------|----|

|  | S.A. Early,        Foley & Lardner, to J.A. Webb, Secretary, CFTC, Application of the        Merchants |
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|  | Exchange of        St. Louis for Designation as a Contract Market in Barge Freight        Futures, |
|--|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|  | Attached        Exhibit I: Economic Justification and Chart, Attachments |
|--|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DATE: |  | 1/7/00 | PAGES: |  | 94 | PDF SIZE: |  | 2561        KB | PDF LINK: |
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| **----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** |
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| DOCUMENT        NUMBER: | 12 |
|--------------------------|----|

|  | S.A. Early,        Foley & Lardner, to J.A. Webb, Secretary, CFTC, Application of the        Merchants |
|--|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|  | Exchange of        St. Louis for Designation as a Contract Market in Barge Freight        Futures, |
|--|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|  | Attached        Exhibit J: Risk Disclosure Statement |
|--|-------------------------------------------------------|

| DATE: |  | 1/7/00 | PAGES: |  | 5 | PDF SIZE: |  | 205        KB | PDF LINK: |
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| **----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DOCUMENT        NUMBER: | 13 |
|--------------------------|----|

|  | S.A. Early,        Foley & Lardner, to J.A. Webb, Secretary, CFTC, Application of the        Merchants |
|--|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|  | Exchange of        St. Louis for Designation as a Contract Market in Barge Freight        Futures, |
|--|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|  | Attached        Listing of Confidential Exhibits |
|--|---------------------------------------------------|

| DATE: |  | 1/7/00 | PAGES: |  | 2 | PDF SIZE: |  | 13        KB | PDF LINK: |
|-------|--|--------|--------|--|---|-----------|--|---------------|-----------|

| **----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** |
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