The Bengal Renaissance - pg. 59

In any case, it was clear that the orthodox Hindus opposed it.
The arguments for this opposition were spelt out in two letters
and a report published in Samachar Chandrika. The letter written
by a zamindar and published in its issue of January 2, 1830, it
was mantained that the then conditions of cultivation and
manufactures in the country were highly beneficial to the well-being
of the native population and any change of these conditions thereby
undoing the restrictions in force against allowing British subjects to
acquire land and settle here, would deprive the people of this country
of their means of living and occupations. As a proof of this contention
it was pointed out firstly that as a result of the importation of English
factory-produced thread, the poor woman who used to spin cotton on
charka for their living so long, have been reduced to destitution. Secondly,
it was indicated that the native people who used to grind flour
so long have lost their employment with the advent of the flour
factory of into the field. The zamindar concluded that if further
permission was given to Englishmen to bring the manufacturing
skill of the west into the country, those natives who lived on their
labour would face very serious plights."