- Earlier, supply merchants belonged to the same village and looked after the needs of weavers.
- The new ‘gomasthas’ were outsiders, with no social links with villagers.
- They acted arrogantly and sometimes punished weavers for delay in supply.
- Prices received from the company were miserably low.
- Loans tied them to the British company.
- In many places, weavers deserted villages and migrated to other places for setting up their own looms.