Subject: S7-28-96
    
     
January 22, 1997

Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
     
Dear Mr. Katz:

Partes Corporation appreciates the opportunity to comment on the SEC's 
expansion of the EDGAR system.  Our corporate mission is to help all 
institutional and retail investors use the SEC's EDGAR data to make 
better financial decisions.

We urge the commissioners to consider proposals to expand the EDGAR 
system to include all publicly available documents filed with the SEC. 
Before the EDGAR system, the cost of obtaining a Form 10K or 10Q was as 
much as $25 with significantly higher costs on a per-page basis for 
exhibits.  EDGAR has made access to these documents essentially free, 
dramatically increasing the accessibility of these documents to 
investors.  We feel that EDGAR's proven benefit to investors should be 
extended to the remaining documents, such as Shelf Registrations (Form 
144), which provide valuable information for investment decisions.  The 
EDGAR system has been a demonstrated success.  Why not complete the 
process?


Sincerely,
     
Renton C. Squires
Financial Analyst

rentons@partes.com