To end the first Gilded Age, former President Rutherford B.

Wildwood Crest - To end the first Gilded Age, former President Rutherford B. Hayes realized, back in the 1880's, massive reforms were needed. “The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital,” he wrote. “Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change.” We won't get help from Trump.