Question

What were the problems fac3d by weavers in the early 19th century?

Answer 1

By turn of the 19th century weavers faced a new set ofproblems. ... weavers were forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices. In most cases they wereunable to pay. By the end of 19th century, Indian weavers again got a blow when textile factories wereset up in India flooding market with machine made goods

Answer 2

As the cotton industry developed in England, Indian cotton weavers faced two problems - their export market collapsed and local market shrank being flooded with British goods. Indian handmade goods could not compete with fine machine made goods of England. weavers were forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices.