Not every judge possesses the prophetic mind of the late Justice Brewer, who wrote the decision in the Oregon Case.

Not every court has learned that healthy men and women are infinitely more valuable to a nation than mere property.

But in time they will learn.
In distant New Zealand, not long ago, there was a match factory in which a number of women worked for low wages.

After fruitless appeals to the owner for better wages the workers resorted to force.

They did not strike.