Then the village blacksmith or shoemaker, the tinker, the carpenter and the mechanic of every trade had his shop and was a far more important and independent citizen than now, when grouped into large manufacturing and machine works.
He comments on the changing role of tradespeople in society, suggesting they were once more independent and important.
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